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Coded Anti-Piracy, or CAP, is an anti-piracy
Anti-piracy

Anti-piracy is a term used by some to describe the attempt to prevent copyright infringement, counterfeit, and other violations of intellectual_property rights....
 (anti-copyright infringement
Copyright infringement

Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works....
) technology which marks each film print of a motion picture with a distinguishing patterns of dots, used as a forensic identifier
Forensic identification

Forensic identification is the application of forensics and technology to identify specific objects from the trace evidence they leave, often at a crime scene or the scene of an accident....
 to identify the source of illegal copies.

They are not to be confused with cue mark
Cue mark

A cue mark, also known as a cue dot, a changeover cue or simply a cue is a visual indicator used with 35mm film prints, usually placed on the right-hand upper corner of a frame of the film....
s, which are black or white circles usually in the upper right-hand corner of the frame.






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Coded Anti-Piracy, or CAP, is an anti-piracy
Anti-piracy

Anti-piracy is a term used by some to describe the attempt to prevent copyright infringement, counterfeit, and other violations of intellectual_property rights....
 (anti-copyright infringement
Copyright infringement

Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works....
) technology which marks each film print of a motion picture with a distinguishing patterns of dots, used as a forensic identifier
Forensic identification

Forensic identification is the application of forensics and technology to identify specific objects from the trace evidence they leave, often at a crime scene or the scene of an accident....
 to identify the source of illegal copies.

They are not to be confused with cue mark
Cue mark

A cue mark, also known as a cue dot, a changeover cue or simply a cue is a visual indicator used with 35mm film prints, usually placed on the right-hand upper corner of a frame of the film....
s, which are black or white circles usually in the upper right-hand corner of the frame. A cue mark is used to signal the projectionist that a particular reel of a movie is ending, as most movies come to theaters on several reels of film.

CAP code

CAP coding is a multi-dot pattern that is printed in several frames of a film print of a theatrically exhibited motion picture. It is sometimes accompanied by text code printed on the edge of a motion picture print, outside the visible picture area.

The dots are arranged in a unique pattern as identification of the particular print of a movie, and are added during manufacture. The marks are not present on the original film negative; they are produced either by physical imprint on the final film print or by digitally postprocessing a digitally-distributed film. This enables codes to be customized on a per-copy basis so that they can be used to trace the print to the theaters that played that particular print and to trace any bootleg
Counterfeit

A counterfeit is an imitation made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins, thus increasing sales appeal due to the reputation of the imitated product....
 copies however they were made – be they telecined
Telecine (piracy)

The term telecine is sometimes used to refer to a less common form of digital piracy copy of films created using a telecine machine, as opposed to Cam ....
, cammed
Cam (bootleg)

Cam and camming refer to a specific method of motion picture copying, usually copyright infringement of audio-visual works upon its copyright....
, or telesync
Telesync

Telesync is one of many terms used by film Copyright infringement of audio-visual works to describe the source material used to make copyright infringement, normally distributed in Video CD, SVCD, DVD or DivX/Xvid format....
ed.

Kodak's CAP


The original style of CAP code, developed in 1982 by Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak

Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational corporation public company which produces imaging and photography materials and equipment. Long known for its wide range of photographic film products, Kodak is re-focusing on two major markets: digital photography and digital printing....
 along with the Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America

The Motion Picture Association of America was since 1922, originally the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America , is a non-profit business and trade association based in the United States, which was formed to advance the business interests of movie studios....
, is a series of very small dots printed in the picture area of a film print.

The original incarnation of CAP developed by Kodak is a technology for watermark
Watermark

----A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light , caused by thickness variations in the paper....
ing film prints to trace copies of a print, whether legal or not.

Deluxe's CAP

A newer, and more common variation, has been developed by Deluxe Laboratories. It makes use of more visible dots, and was developed to thwart film piracy from theatergoers with camcorders, or prints that have been illicitly telecine
Telecine

Telecine is the process of transferring film film into video form. The term is also used to refer to the equipment used in the process.Telecine enables a motion picture, captured originally on film, to be viewed with standard video equipment, such as televisions, VCR or computers....
d to videotape
Videotape

Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to film stock.In most cases, a helical scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions, because video signals have a very high bandwidth, and static heads would require extremely high tape speeds....
 or DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
.

Deluxe's version has been given the pejorative
Pejorative

Words and phrases are pejorative if they imply disapproval or contempt. When used as an adjective, pejorative is synonymous with derogatory, derisive, dyslogistic, and contemptuous....
 name of "crap code" by filmgoers, : Film Handler's Forum, topic "The CAP Code" (topic #878), page 2 (post #18). 19 April 2000, 04:34PM (CT) . The term "crap code" was coined on a movie projectionists' discussion forum. due to its quite intrusive nature when viewing. These dots are usually placed on bright areas of a film frame, so they can be more easily identified, and are a reddish-brown color.

CAP outside of movies


In the 21st episode
22 Short Films about Springfield

"22 Short Films About Springfield" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons The Simpsons , which originally aired on April 14, 1996....
 of the The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
' seventh season
The Simpsons (season 7)

The Simpsons seventh season originally aired on the FOX Broadcasting Company network between September 17, 1995 in television and May 19, 1996....
, CAP is simulated during the film where Marge is looking after her 3 children.

CineFence


A different marking system is CineFence, introduced by Philips
Philips

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , usually known as Philips, is a Netherlands electronics company. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands....
 in 2006 and commercially available in 2008.

The Digital Cinema System Specification by Digital Cinema Initiatives
Digital Cinema Initiatives

Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC or DCI is a joint venture of major motion picture studios, formed to establish a standard systems architecture for digital cinema systems....
 mandates forensic marking of digital film; CineFence is the first marking system that complies with this standard.

CineFence claims to be imperceptible to the viewer, but robust to copying and encoding, and encodes 35 bits/5 minutes.

See also

  • Anti-piracy
    Anti-piracy

    Anti-piracy is a term used by some to describe the attempt to prevent copyright infringement, counterfeit, and other violations of intellectual_property rights....
  • Cue mark
    Cue mark

    A cue mark, also known as a cue dot, a changeover cue or simply a cue is a visual indicator used with 35mm film prints, usually placed on the right-hand upper corner of a frame of the film....
    , a different kind of film mark
    Category:Watermarking
    • Printer steganography
      Printer steganography

      Printer steganography is a type of steganography produced by color printers, including HP and Xerox brand color laser printers, where tiny yellow dots are added to each page....
      , used to identify printers